From fdbe4eeeb1aac219b14f10c0ed31ae5d1123e9b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alessio Balsini Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 01:48:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] loop: Add LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO to compat ioctl Enabling Direct I/O with loop devices helps reducing memory usage by avoiding double caching. 32 bit applications running on 64 bits systems are currently not able to request direct I/O because is missing from the lo_compat_ioctl. This patch fixes the compatibility issue mentioned above by exporting LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO as additional lo_compat_ioctl() entry. The input argument for this ioctl is a single long converted to a 1-bit boolean, so compatibility is preserved. Cc: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Alessio Balsini Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- drivers/block/loop.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index 3036883..a7461f4 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -1755,6 +1755,7 @@ static int lo_compat_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, case LOOP_SET_FD: case LOOP_CHANGE_FD: case LOOP_SET_BLOCK_SIZE: + case LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO: err = lo_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg); break; default: -- 2.7.4